Search Help

How does this work?
There are many ways to search the collections of the Freedom Archives. Below is a brief guide that will help you conduct effective searches. Note, anytime you search for anything in the Freedom Archives, the first results that appear will be our digitized items. Information for items that have yet to be scanned or yet to be digitized can still be viewed, but only by clicking on the show link that will display the hidden (non-digitized) items. If you are interested in accessing these non-digitized materials, please email info@freedomarchives.org.
Exploring the Collections without the Search Bar
Under the heading Browse By Collection, you’ll notice most of the Freedom Archives’ major collections. These collections have an image as well as a short description of what you’ll find in that collection. Click on that image to instantly explore that specific collection.
Basic Searching
You can always type what you’re looking for into the search bar. Certain searches may generate hundreds of results, so sometimes it will help to use quotation marks to help narrow down your results. For instance, searching for the phrase Black Liberation will generate all of our holdings that contain the words Black and Liberation, while searching for “Black Liberation” (in quotation marks) will only generate our records that have those two words next to each other.
Advanced Searching
The Freedom Archives search site also understands Boolean search logic. Click on this link for a brief tutorial on how to use Boolean search logic. Our search function also understands “fuzzy searches.” Fuzzy searches utilize the (*) and will find matches even when users misspell words or enter in only partial words for the search. For example, searching for liber* will produce results for liberation/liberate/liberates/etc.
Keyword Searches
You’ll notice that under the heading KEYWORDS, there are a number of words, phrases or names that describe content. Sometimes these are also called “tags.” Clicking on these words is essentially the same as conducting a basic search.

Independent Collections

These collections were produced by independent journalists. Many of these recordings make up the bulk of the original collection of the Freedom Archives.

Subcollections

Documents

Policies of Fateh & Sa'aiqa Policies of Fateh & Sa'aiqa
Date: 6/1/1969Call Number: CE 224Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Fateh representative discusses the history and philosophy behind the movement for a unitary, secular, and democratic Palestinian state. Vice President for the Palestinian National Council, Zohair Moehsan, describes the history and philosophy of the Syrian-backed Sa'aiqa - the military branch of the Palestinian Ba'athist guerillas.
Vice-President of Palestinian National Council on As-Sa'iqa Vice-President of Palestinian National Council on As-Sa'iqa
Date: 10/1/1969Call Number: CE 249Format: 1/4 3 3/4 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Zohair Moehsan describes the history and philosophy of the Syrian-backed As-Sa'iqa - the military branch of the Palestinian Ba'athist guerillas.
Arab League View Arab League View
Date: 6/1/1970Call Number: CE 337Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Farouk Mawlawi of the Arab League discusses the Arab League position on Israeli occupation of Arab lands. Criticizes Israeli non-compliance with UN Resolutions that demand an end to occupation of Palestine, The United Arab Republic (Egypt), Jordan, and Syria. Mawlawi also discusses support for human rights and the Arab League support for the Palestinian Revolutionary Movement. Stresses how youth across the Arab world are non-compromising in their support for Palestine. Also discusses the USSR and US support of Zionism. Includes analysis of the role of oil and arms trade, and other countries such as China and Venezuela.